Compulsive hoarding is a distinct disorder in which a person is significantly distressed or impaired in functioning because of their difficulty with discarding items that appear to most people to have little or no value.

Since Internet usage increased in the 1990s, even among seniors, more and more patients show up at doctors’ offices with printouts containing information on possible ailments and diseases. Yet there’s a downside to too much online research.

After age 65, the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease doubles every five years. Given that baby boomers are now turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day, the 77 million baby boomers in America may eventually be known as Generation Alzheimer’s.